Salut D'Amour

Measure 9: Dinner was at 8?!

KAHOKO'S POV

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"Don't make the mistake of falling inlove with Tsukimori."

My mind does a 360 degree rotation and my heart does a double flip.

What's this person trying to point out here?

"Yunoki-senpai, what do you..." I pull back and he places his hand on my head.

"Because if you do Hino, you will really...regret it."

The words hung and soon his face closes to mine as I feel my face burn. Fall...inlone...with...Tsukimori-kun?!

"Yunoki! There you are!" 

Yunoki-senpai freezes and instantly pulls back. We look to the direction of the door and we see Hihara-senpai running towards us.

Yokata.

"Kaho-chan! Where have you been? I...I missed you." Hihara-senpai's sudden exclamation catches me off guard.

"Eh?!" I jolt then I hear Yunoki-senpai laugh. Back to his 'nice guy' mask again.

"Hihara, you always say the funniest things." Yunoki-senpai laughs and I sigh. Although I normally disagree with him, this was an exception. Hihara-senpai did say the funniest things. This time, he flustered and waved his arms around rapidly.

"Eh?!!! No! I'm sorry Kaho-chan!" He suddenly touches my hands and holds it tight.

"Hihara-senpai..." I mumble but he stares into my eyes. Then I remember that time at Fuyuumi-chan's residence. My face turns red.

"Kaho-chan...I.." He begins when suddenly...

"WELL WHY DON'T YOU JUMP OFF THE RAILING THEN?!" We stop and see that Tsuchiura-kun has just entered from the door, and he was really mad. Behind him was the blue-haired violinist.

Tsukimori-kun.

"This is getting troublesome." I hear Yunoki-senpai mutter but Tsuchiura-kun's wave at me helped me ignore him.

"Yo, Hino." He walks towards me but stops. "Eh...did we intrude something?" I stop and realize that Hihara-senpai is still holding my hand. Apparently, he also notices this and lets go.

"AH!!!! NOTHING! WE WERE JUST.... It's not what you think it is..." Hihara-senpai tries to explain in a futile attempt and Tsuchiura-kun sighs. He looks at me and smiles.

"Where have you been Hino? We've been looking for you. I mean, no one's seen you since Shimizu said so this morning." He says and I raise a brow.

"Eh? But I met up with..." My voice trails off and I look at Tsukimori-kun who sighs.

"Me." The room turns silent as everyone studies Tsukimori-kun who leans on the railings. Tsuchiura-kun moans and gives him a piercing glare.

"You saw her?! And you didn't bother tell any of us?! We were worried sick about her and you just kept silent up til now?!" Tsuchiura-kun's voice rises a tone and I get the feeling that we were having another scene of their fight. Oi...oi... Instead of backing down, Tsukimori-kun straightens up.

"I did tell you I saw her but you refused to listen because you were so preoccupied talkig about my mother, as if you actually know a thing about her." He snaps and proceeds to walk towards the door. "Now we've found Hino, and she's still in one piece."

"Oi! Get back here!" Tsuchiura-kun calls and Tsukimori-kun just walks on.

"Tsuchiura-kun, Tsukimori-kun's right. I'm alright. Sorry for causing you so much worry. I was just..." I saw Yunoki-senpai giving me an angry glare and I sigh. Don't tell them, I get it. "Wandering around." I smile and this pacifies Tsuchiura-kun who smiles. He ruffles me hair.

"Don't go wandering off by yourself like that." He mutters and I feel my face go red.

"Eh?! Don't do that to Kaho-chan's hair Tsuchiura-kun!" Hihara-senpai speaks up in protest and I giggle.

"It's alright..." I mutter but they go off talking about tennis and other things when suddenly, Yunoki-senpai brushes pass me.

"Don't ever tell them or else... It will be our little secret, Kaho-chan." The way he says my name playfully scares me to the bones. He smiles again and walks ahead.

"Hihara, aren't you hungry?" He calls and Hihara=senpai touches his stomach.

"Yes! Let's eat! C'mon Kaho-chan!" He grabs my hand and dashes me to the exit.

"Oi Hihara-senpai!" Tsuchiura-kun calls out but we had already dashed for the hallway. Although I wasn't really a runner, with Hihara-senpai leading the way, I felt like I could run across water anytime. And maybe for the first time tonight, my heart did forget about the troublesome events today.